A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 14:47:40 / November 3, 2015 @ 2:47 pm. Exact location, longitude -65.3865° West, latitude 18.0219° North, depth = 15 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:47:40 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15307003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15307003.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Trujillo Alto, Saint Croix (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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